Saturn Research Paper
Saturn is the sixth farthest planet from the Sun in our solar system and is the second-largest planet in the solar system. Saturn is greatly known for its rings. Saturn has lots of rings, the exact number is not known. It has four main groups and three smaller groups of rings (Cool Cosmos). There are also many gaps between Saturn’s rings. The most famous ring gap is called the Cassini Division, which separate the A and B groups of rings. The origin of the rings is still unknown, but scientists believe that the rings were created from debris from shattered moons, asteroids, or comets (space.com). The rings are made up of ice (frozen water) and rocky particles. Saturn’s rings are 250,000 kilometers in diameter, but, they are very thin. The rings
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Another physical characteristic about Saturn is that Saturn is the least dense of all the planets. It is even less dense than water. So, if you could put Saturn in a tub of water, it would float! (space.com). Saturn has the second-most fastest wind speeds of the planets in the solar-system, while Jupiter is first. It takes Saturn 10.5 hours to complete one rotation, or one day. This super fast rotation causes Saturn to flatten at its poles and then bulge at its equator. Saturn has at least 62 moons (also called satellites) and the largest of those moons is named Titan. Titan is the second-largest moon in the solar system. It is behind Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system (space.com). Saturn has northern and southern lights, just like Earth. Saturn’s northern lights reach farther out into the planet's atmosphere than Earth’s lights do because Saturn’s atmosphere is mostly hydrogen, while Earth’s is mostly oxygen and nitrogen. The hydrogen is lighter than the oxygen and nitrogen, so Saturn’s northern lights are able to go farther into the atmosphere, where the distance is about 1,200 kilometers above planet's atmosphere
Another physical characteristic about Saturn is that Saturn is the least dense of all the planets. It is even less dense than water. So, if you could put Saturn in a tub of water, it would float! (space.com). Saturn has the second-most fastest wind speeds of the planets in the solar-system, while Jupiter is first. It takes Saturn 10.5 hours to complete one rotation, or one day. This super fast rotation causes Saturn to flatten at its poles and then bulge at its equator. Saturn has at least 62 moons (also called satellites) and the largest of those moons is named Titan. Titan is the second-largest moon in the solar system. It is behind Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system (space.com). Saturn has northern and southern lights, just like Earth. Saturn’s northern lights reach farther out into the planet's atmosphere than Earth’s lights do because Saturn’s atmosphere is mostly hydrogen, while Earth’s is mostly oxygen and nitrogen. The hydrogen is lighter than the oxygen and nitrogen, so Saturn’s northern lights are able to go farther into the atmosphere, where the distance is about 1,200 kilometers above planet's atmosphere